Seventeen U.S. Senators have sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb urging the agency to consider exempting premium cigars from regulation by the FDA. The letter lays out criteria for what a premium cigar should be defined as in order to be considered for exemption. The definition comes […]
The cigar industry is not backing off the fight against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s warning labels. This past Friday, the three trade associations (Cigar Association of America, Cigar Rights of America, and the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers) have asked the court for an injunction against the enforcement of the FDA’s warning […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it has extended the comment period of the three Advanced Notice of Public Rule Making (ANPRM) initiative by 30 days. This includes the ANPRMs on regulating nicotine levels, flavored tobacco products, and the one on premium cigars. The new comment period dates are as follows: Tobacco […]
33 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have written a letter to White House Office of Management (OMB) and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney requesting a 90-day extension to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Advance Notice of Public Rule Making (ANPRM) on premium cigars. Concurrently, the members of Congress have also requested a […]
The premium cigar industry caught a break when Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson of the U.S District Court for Eastern District Court of Texas denied a motion by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that requested the lawsuit filed by a group of Texas cigar companies be moved to Washington D.C. Oral arguments for the […]
Last week, J.C. Newman Cigar Company relaunched its “Save Cigar City” campaign. It’s a campaign designed to create awareness about the fact that regulations against premium cigars could put the last operating cigar factory in Tampa out of business. On Monday, May 14th, 2018 J.C. Newman Cigar Company held a press conference announcing the relaunch […]
The Canadian Parliament has passed legislation that is a major overhaul to the country’s Tobacco Act. Yesterday the Parliament passed Bill S-5, which amends Canada’s current Tobacco Act and gives Health Canada the authority to implement plain packaging on tobacco products – including premium cigars. The Parliament vote comes less than 24 hours from when […]
One day after taking a big loss in court in the challenge over Warning Label Plans and User Fees, the cigar industry had some good news as they learned that an amendment to the FY 2019 Agriculture Appropriations Bill has been approved that calls for both an exemption for premium cigars as well as a […]
On Special Edition #30, Casey Haugen returns to Prime Time and this time we bring him over to the Special Edition side of the house. We will catch up on the happenings of Crux Cigars. Bear and Coop will then discuss the court ruling that went against the cigar industry in regards to warning labels and user fees. […]
Today, the cigar industry took a crushing blow when United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia Amit P. Mehta denied a Motion for Partial Summary Injunction filed by the three trade associations (Cigar Association of America – CAA, Cigar Rights of America – CRA, and the International Pipe and Cigar Retailers – […]
